Sony

Definition

A device produced by Sony.

Etymology

A combination of Latin sonus (“sound”) and sonny (“boy”, diminutive).

Example Sentences

• "Connie Chung, the pretty Chinese CBS correspondent, occupied the room next to mine at the Hyatt House and she was always back by midnight, reciting a final sixty-second radio spot into her Sony or absorbing one last press release before getting a good night’s sleep."
• "It’s not clear what the witch doctors are doing, but the scientists have been wandering the riverbank with their Sonys or Hitachis, playing the recorded chirpings of newly hatched crocodiles in hopes of either stirring maternal instinct in the (almost surely) female man-eater or tempting her to infanticidal cannibalism, which would be far more likely."
• "My memoirs. At night I leave a Sony by my bed. Night is the best time for remembering."